Arny Krueger wrote:
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Walter Sear, however, is trying to make it better.

From a recent interview:

Q. Over the years Sear Sound has been in three different
locations-16
or 17 years each in two of the cases. What's motivated you to
survive
these and more recent changes in the industry, such as the rise of
digital recording and home studios?

A: The idea that we can make it better, but that the rest of the
word
is fighting me and trying to make it worse. And it is. The music
delivery system for the last 19 years has been far worse than the
old
vinyl discs. I ran a seminar at AES a few years ago, I found an LP
and
a CD-same material, same master tape, same mastering engineer. I
put
them on simultaneously ad we cross faded back and forth. At the
end, I
said, how many like this? 150 engineers' hands went up. How many
like
this? And zero hands went up. It's shooting fish in a barrel.
Anytime
you A/B even the worst recorded, worst pressed LP and compare it to
any CD, there is instantly (a difference), just like with vacuum
tube
mic pre's.

Is Walter Sear a nut or is he essentially correct?

He's nuts. He says crazy things like "the worst recorded, worst
pressed LP"
is preferable to the best CD.

Your inability to decipher hyperboly is noted.



While I doubt that
the "worst recorded, worst pressed" LP is really better than a good
CD-or even a cassette tape, there were some incredibly bad albums
out
there in the late 70's-I believe he is much more right than wrong.

He's incredibly more wrong than right.

So says the tin eared nobody about the proven pro. What a joke.


This is the 21st century.

Did reality change with the new century Arny? You keep harping on a
mile stone that claerly had no effect on audio. Did CDs magically get
better on new years eve 1999?


If you
don't like how CDs from the store sound you make your own in your
living
room or bedroom.

Really? So we all have access to master tapes of our favorite titles?



As far as his vacuum tube mic pres go, he's wrong about that as well.

So says the nobody about the proven pro.



And his work proves it, in my opinion.

He's obviously a very poor recording engineer if he can't get good
sound out
of modern digital equipment.

You are obviously an idiot. You cannot possibly be familiar with the
man's work and say such a stupid thing.



When the anti-analog, antitube zealots can produce the quality of
work
Mr.Sear, 73, a former tuba
player, does, I will be more motivated to listen.

That's your opinon, Cal. After the mess you made of your analysis of
PC
audio analysis equipment, you simply don't have any more credibility
to
throw away like this.

I bet you haven't knowingly heard Sear's work. I bet you didn't even
know who he was before this thread. You keep making such an ass of
yourself. Thank you for the entertainment.

Scott Wheeler